I’ve heard some stories in recent years — both passionate and very sad, unfortunately — of no-tillers having to pull out a tillage implement to deal with weed problems that got away from them.

No-tiller and Practical Farmers of Iowa board member Nathan Anderson was once asked this question. Read on to see his answer, and find out more about soil health payoffs spotlighted at a Capitol Hill hearing this week.

In light of widespread prevented planting, USDA is mulling Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments for struggling producers who plant an MFP-eligible cover crop that has the potential to be harvested and used as forage, says Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.

Some 500 scientists, academic experts, farmers and government officials from more than 100 countries convened the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion last week. Find out what they said and what really needs to happen to feed the world.

While some important progress was made in the recent Farm Bill regarding soil health and cover crop management, a recent article detailed an important omission that will still impact many farmers’ wallets.

Census of Agriculture data has been released for 2017. How did the Great Plains do with cover crop acreage and adoption? Read here to find out.

Managing arable soil inventories for future food production isn’t just a challenge here in North America. Read on to see what experts say is happening to soil resources in the European Union.